Students compare themselves to starving Ethiopians

[GTO Scott]

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[FourWheelDrift]

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[Tiggsy]

It's a superb video....after the violence in London I didnt think students could make themsleves look like bigger cocks, thus negating any point they may have......but that does it!

All they need do now is compare the "Uni or work for a living" choice with Sophie's and we're done!

[thinfourth2]

Surprised it hasn't turned up in the tabloids yet

[ukwill]

thinfourth2 said:

Surprised it hasn't turned up in the tabloids yet

that couldnt possibly happen could it? I mean no one on Pistonheads is in any way related to any journalist are they?

[12gauge]

Not all students are braindead robots, some still have the benefit of free thought...

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Students-in-Favour-O...

http://www.libdemvoice.org/opinion-a-letter-from-s...

[ukwill]

IainT said:

paulrockliffe said:

Mrs OwenK said:

But you don't have to pay a single penny until you're earning a pretty good wage - and even then, in such small quantities that you'll never even notice.

I'm not supporting any of this, but bear in mind that if you don't pay anything back for a few years, the size of the capital will only grow due to interest. If you're earning £21k and paying back £7 a week I think Clegg said yesterday, you're not even covering the interest. So if you get to the end of your days earning below £30k, you'll be paying about a grand a year or so for most of your working life, yet still not making an impact on the capital. All figures very approximate.

The answer is blindingly obvious though; don't go to uni as a default position. Especially if you're thick as pig-st and have no work ethic.

My wife's from the Socialist Republic of Sweden, university educated.

They have a loan that covers tuition and living expenses. It'd, relatively, massive compared ot the debt I left uni with (fully paid off >10 years ago). She will only finish paying it off in about 20=25 years time... i.e. at retirement age.

Students here just don't have a clue. They either pay for their education now or in taxes later and this way is fairer. If you don't benefit from teh expenses of education you don't pay for it.

However a graduate tax would be better - should be possible to work it so it brings in more than the actual cost of the education...

Ian, that's very intersting. So are you saying that uni isn't actually "free" to the student in Sweden, and that in fact it's considerably more expensive?

Do you have any links regarding this?

[Tsippy]

12gauge said:

Not all students are braindead robots, some still have the benefit of free thought...

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Students-in-Favour-O...

http://www.libdemvoice.org/opinion-a-letter-from-s...

Unfortunately they're in a minority, the vast majority are poisoned by socialism.